Education
He was born in Brandon, Manitoba and was educated there, at the University of British Columbia and the University of Helsinki.
He was born in Brandon, Manitoba and was educated there, at the University of British Columbia and the University of Helsinki.
He served as Yukon Commissioner from 1976 to 1978. In 1959, Pearson married Sandra Mooney. He was a biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1968 to 1971, researching the activities of grizzly bears.
Pearson lived in Whitehorse.
He resigned as Commissioner in 1978 after pleading guilty to charges related to improper mining claim transfers.